Yeah It's Tomorrow

I meant to say something about this much earlier but I've got a reading tomorrow, Thursday the 26th. It's at the 540 Club on 540 Clement St. at 8 pm. Yeah it's the same bar I was at around this time last year. I'd feel like kind of a dumb ass reading the exact same sections from the same goddamn book all over again, but I have no memory of the last reading so that won't be a problem. I was all banged up. Just in case though I'm going to try out a few pages from the new thing I'm working on and see what happens. It really could go either way. If you're in San Francisco come on by..........Paul

Comments

[JohnSanford]

You can always pretend that you are in a far away and exotic location instead of the same bookstore. And you can pretend that you are reading a brilliant, thought provoking thesis on antimatter instead of Apathy. It won't change anything. Actually, if anything, it will just make it more tragic and be a far more memorable low point in your life. Ignore my previous advise.

[Chewbacca]

John Sanford! CHEWBACCA! challenge you to cage fight for being PRETENTIOUS!

You are a DUCHE FAG! and in our cage fight i will surely GNAW YOUR BALLS OFF!

[JohnSanford]

Being unfamiliar with the word "duche" I looked it up in the dictionary. It's not in the dictionary. However, wikipedia brought up an article on the first chaplain to the Continental Congress. Despite how fascinating I found this, it brought me no closer to uncovering the true meaning behind the phrase "duche fag". Perhaps it will always remain a mystery. Next time on Explorations in Simple Fucking English, we will take an in depth look into capitalization and a brief but meaningful glimpse into the world of punctuation. Thank you, and good night.

[Sharon]

DAMN it...I cannot believe I missed this...heard it was great...anything else coming up in SF?

[a pathetic]

Your people (Travelzoo) should fly you to New York for a reading. There are bars here with skeeball AND Big Buck Hunter.

[Nick]

WHY THE HELL DO YOU KEEP READING AT PLACES I'M NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER BECAUSE OF MY AGE

[Ian]

Wow. There ae so many pent up frustrations in these comments, I feel like Freud would have a hey-day. Admit it John, every time your mother bends over to pick something up, you start heaving heavily and go look up words in the dictionary to try to get rid of your hard-on. Ah well, if that's what it takes to keep it under control, by all means continue. Any normal person who didn't like the book would scoff and then not recommend it to others, rather than trying to fill the void in the front of his pants by personally accost the author and fans. But not you. You're the big man John, you're the big man. I wish you well.

Now, on to better and more worthwhile business. Any chance of a reading of any nature in the L.A. area?

[Ian]

Also, you spelled "advice" incorrectly. Good God, John! How could you have let that happen!

[CHEWBACCA!]

John Sanford! CHEWBACCA! does not need GOD DAMN dictionary, simple FUCKING english, or wikipedia to deduce with context clues you are CONDESCENDING! CHEWBACCA! believes this is due to fact that your father never spent time with you and doesn't LOVE YOU!

John Sanford! i have a new word for you! If you google/wikipedia/dictionary the word HOMOSEXAFAG! you will find it is WOOKIE for JOHN SANFORD!

[JohnSanford]

This is why I love this site. Acutally, I loved the book. I've read it more than any other, save Catcher In The Rye. I must admit, I am human, very much unlike our wookie friend here, and as a human, I am prone to making horrible, terrible mistakes. I even went to see, dare I admit it, Ghost Rider when it was in theaters. Yes, I know, I'm shocked too, but I have been known to err. This reflects poorly on my parents, but only because they also share this affliction known as Homo Sapien. I can't wait for the first person to leave some homo related comment. But I digress. Until I shed this mortal coil, I shall always suffer, for I am better.

[JohnSanford]

Seriously, I need to stop pretending like I'm some British guy on a history special. It's just getting rediculous.

[CHEWBACCA!]

Seriously, you need to stop acting like people care.

[Evan]

HEY GUYS LET'S ALL START INSULTING EACH OTHER ON PAUL NEILAN'S BLOG I AM SURE THIS WILL BE A RICH AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE FOR US ALL

[Jennae]

Damn it. You're readings in Ptld., Or were pre- me reading Apathy... So I missed them. Lame shit, eh? Let us all know when and if you're gonna be doing any readings in Ptld. I'm not gonna miss that shit again!

[mario casas]

paul, so i have this thing going that i have been using lately; every time i have a new date i always talk about your book and how i identify myself with the character, so the girls end up reading the book and i also end up having hot hot sex. haha for some odd reason it always works out,,muajajajaja so thanks paul for helping me gatting laid.

[Christopher James Fraser]

Just waiting for you to become successful enough to do a UK book tour, then I'm THERE, man.

Christ, I can't wait to move. People here are so... stuffy.

[Zé]

All I have to say is... Enjoy Wade Redden.

Loved your book, can't wait for the second, even if it is Darren Pang's biography. Also, seeing that I've never read anything nearly as funny as Apathy, do you have any recommendations?

[Chris]

Give us something, ANYTHING regarding a new book? Confirm the existance of something you're working on. I want more Paul Neilan in my life...in a totally not gay way.

[Faye]

Hello! I googled you just now as I was talking to a friend about brilliant first novels. I found your book.. oh a year ago now I think, the only one on the shelf in the biggest bookshop in dublin. The first page had me giggling like a nun in a sex shop.

I've been passing around what must be the only copy in Ireland to anyone I could push it on for months and quite frankly its a favorite. More, please.

[david]

Great book. I am a cube dweller and have been since I was 20 (38 now). Your book made my life a little bit easier here and at times, a little more miserable. Now they are shutting the doors and moving from Portland to Phoenix. I am cutting the cubbie cord and doing something else. Hopefully everything pans out for you.

[Jay]

You are not even reading your own blog anymore, are you.

[Christopher]

are you?

[Graham]

Happy Birthday, dead blog! Happy Birthday!

[Keith]

I read this book while I was going through training for the Air Force. Best waste of an afternoon through that boring crapshoot.

[Patrick]

I'm kind of disappointed that you didn't post anything since last June. Last June! Wow. You could get a monkey to do it for you or something.